This Saturday night in Liverpool, welterweight contender Conor Benn will face his most experienced opponent to date in the form of former world champion Chris Algieri.

Benn, the son of British boxing legend Nigel Benn, is being carefully built up as a future star.

Algieri has a tremendous edge in experience, with fights against Manny Pacquiao, Errol Spence, Amir Khan, and several others.

Back in August, the 37-year-old Algieri looked good as he dominated Mikkel LesPierre over ten rounds.

Algieri's trainer, Derik Santos, believes the younger Benn is overlooking his boxer and biting off more than he could chew.

“The weight division that Conor is in, you have got to ask yourself, does he beat Errol Spence,  Crawford, or Shawn Porter? I don't think he'd beat Ugas. If he fought Manny Pacquiao tomorrow, he will get beat. If you look at a lot of the top contenders at 147 - I don't think he beats any of them. They would all be extremely difficult for him, so no, I don't think he'll be able to live up to his father's resume side by side," Santos told MyBettingSites. 

“As far as Conor’s undoing, what is any fighters undoing? Sometimes it's their own arrogance, sometimes it's their own thought that they're Invincible. Conor has to look at himself in the mirror and ask himself can he really keep it together in the face of adversity? Does he really think that he's the greatest thing in the division? I’ve heard a lot of people, even from the UK, who are not exactly fond of his mannerisms. He can be his own undoing.

“He's a fighter, he's training hard, his team is training hard, I respect them, they came looking for us because obviously they're trying to find out at this point where Conor Benn is.  If you had to ask Eddie Hearn was he confident in Conor, or is he worried about this fight - he would tell you he's worried, but of course, he’s got to cheer for his man.

“The biggest question about this fight is: does Conor Benn belong at this level? Chris Algieri has already proven his worth, he's been a world champion. He's fought many people who were at the time in their career better and tougher than Conor Benn. This is by far Benn’s toughest fight.”